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...were cited in your Oct. 30 editors’ note as exhibiting overt plagiarism, Breeden’s Oct. 25 cartoon is a particularly weak example. Professional cartoonist Daryl Cagle points out on his website that a “t-shirt or sign pointing at something with a comment ‘I’m with stupid’ is a recurring…theme” among cartoonists...
...editors: I was disappointed and disturbed to read Kyle A. de Beausset’s comment (“Adopt a Conscience,” Oct. 31). When I was eight years old my parents adopted my sister, Kim, who was three months old at the time, from Korea. Within two years we learned that she had cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Thanks to many years of advocacy by my mom, great public school programs, and many wonderful people, Kim now has a terrific situation living in a group home in Wellesley. She works at a retail store...
...editors: David Golding, in his comment of Nov. 2 (“A Defense of Prejudice”), states that he “embraced” his prejudice against voting people with certain religious affiliations into political office. He then justifies his stance by saying that his prejudice is “against ideas, not people.” I think Golding is wrong. He is prejudiced not against ideas, but against generic labels that are applied to people. If, as he purportedly believes, religious affiliation is such a good predictor of political values, then he might expect that...
...evening shuttle service.” The complaints stemmed primarily from the “noise of people walking to and coming back from parties in the Quad,” Gross wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson. Cambridge Police Department (CPD) spokesman Frank Pasquerello declined to comment on the location, extent, or timing of the new patrols. “We don’t give out specifics,” he said. Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) spokesman Steven G. Catalano said only that “CPD and HUPD patrols will address the disorder associated...
...sure whether David Golding was being deliberately provocative or just asinine in his comment “A Defense of Prejudice” (Nov. 2). Evidently, he subscribes to some bizarre theory of psychology according to which belonging to a religious group is equivalent to renouncing independent thought. It should be fairly obvious that some people consider themselves Muslims, Mormons, Jews, Catholics, etc., even though they may not agree with certain tenets of theology espoused by their coreligionists. At the same time, many religions (like Islam and Judaism) incorporate several different streams and lack central religious authorities...